Father John Misty delivers an ambitious and grand statement on the human condition with Pure Comedy, one of 2017’s most necessary albums.
Joey Bada$$ comes through with his most mature album yet, passionately dissecting the state of black people in present day America.
Painting Pictures is Kodak Black’s most well-produced project yet, but his lyrics and delivery still leave a lot to be desired.
On Emperor of Sand, Mastodon pads out rehashed ideas from their last several albums with alt-rock choruses that went out of style with the 90s.
Freddie Gibbs makes a rushed return with You Only Live 2wice.
Ibibio Sound Machine’s Uyai is the grand and adventurous Afro-Funk album I wanted their self-titled debut to be.
My thoughts on Kendrick Lamar’s latest single, presumably off his hotly anticipated fourth studio album.
Colombian supergroup Ondatrópica continues to fuse genres from across South America on their sophomore album.
Little Rock doom outfit Pallbearer returns with more bite and an even greater prog influence on their third album Heartless, their most varied and epic effort yet.